.NET Contracts in London

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for .NET skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited .NET over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 36 35
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 -10
Contract jobs citing .NET 917 1,406 2,572
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 5.25% 5.40% 6.61%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 20.41% 20.07% 21.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 705 1,118 2,167
10th Percentile £385 £400 £419
25th Percentile £463 £508 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £610
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +6.56% +10.91%
75th Percentile £688 £750 £750
90th Percentile £750 £806 £800
England median daily rate £538 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 4
10th Percentile - £32.40 £28.55
25th Percentile - £36.00 £41.37
Median hourly rate - £37.00 £49.99
Median % change year-on-year - -25.99% +12.34%
75th Percentile - £52.97 £50.37
90th Percentile - £64.69 £51.03
England median hourly rate £59.45 £52.97 £49.00
% change year-on-year +12.24% +8.10% +10.11%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

.NET is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,493 7,006 12,089
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.71% 26.93% 31.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,357 5,248 9,379
10th Percentile £375 £413 £425
25th Percentile £463 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £712
90th Percentile £838 £810 £800
England median daily rate £550 £560 £570
% change year-on-year -1.70% -1.84% +14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 36 65
10th Percentile £16.25 £30.38 £31.75
25th Percentile £23.80 £36.89 £35.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £67.25 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.80% +41.58% -4.67%
75th Percentile £62.50 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £71.80 £82.63 £76.54
England median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +6.10%

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing .NET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for .NET in London

.NET
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing .NET in London.

Daily rate trend for .NET in London

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing .NET in London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for .NET in London

.NET
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing .NET in London.

Hourly rate trend for .NET in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the London region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +1 131 £538 -17.31% 67
West London +24 17 £575 +27.78% 12
East London -3 12 £538 +28.74% 90
South London +11 10 £510 +13.33% 7
North London +1 1 £550 +22.22%
.NET
England

.NET
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 29 (3.16%) IIS
2 25 (2.73%) CMS
3 16 (1.74%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.09%) Umbraco
5 8 (0.87%) BizTalk Server
6 5 (0.55%) Apache
6 5 (0.55%) WordPress
7 4 (0.44%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.44%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.22%) Confluence
9 2 (0.22%) nginx
9 2 (0.22%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.11%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.11%) Jadu
10 1 (0.11%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 30 (3.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 25 (2.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.96%) Endur
3 6 (0.65%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.55%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.55%) SimCorp Dimension
5 4 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.22%) SAP GTS
7 1 (0.11%) Aareon QL
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.11%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.11%) MIS ActiveH
7 1 (0.11%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 494 (53.87%) Azure
2 238 (25.95%) Azure DevOps
3 157 (17.12%) AWS
4 112 (12.21%) Azure Service Bus
5 83 (9.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 76 (8.29%) Entra ID
7 60 (6.54%) Serverless
8 52 (5.67%) Azure Monitor
9 47 (5.13%) GCP
10 41 (4.47%) Azure Functions
11 38 (4.14%) Power Platform
12 34 (3.71%) Azure Logic Apps
13 31 (3.38%) Dynamics 365
14 27 (2.94%) PaaS
15 22 (2.40%) GitHub
16 21 (2.29%) AWS Lambda
16 21 (2.29%) Azure Data Factory
16 21 (2.29%) Azure Pipelines
16 21 (2.29%) PowerApps
17 20 (2.18%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.51%) Internet
2 10 (1.09%) DNS
3 9 (0.98%) Network Security
4 8 (0.87%) Firewall
4 8 (0.87%) FTP
5 7 (0.76%) HTTP
6 6 (0.65%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.65%) VPN
7 5 (0.55%) Intranet
8 4 (0.44%) SSH
9 2 (0.22%) AMQP
9 2 (0.22%) BIG-IP
9 2 (0.22%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.22%) Cisco Firepower
9 2 (0.22%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.22%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (0.22%) Wireless
10 1 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
10 1 (0.11%) MPLS
10 1 (0.11%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 313 (34.13%) SQL Server
2 51 (5.56%) NoSQL
3 38 (4.14%) Azure SQL Database
4 32 (3.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 29 (3.16%) Relational Database
6 26 (2.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 24 (2.62%) Oracle Database
8 22 (2.40%) MongoDB
8 22 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
9 21 (2.29%) Redis
10 16 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
10 16 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (1.64%) Power BI
12 12 (1.31%) Big Data
12 12 (1.31%) DynamoDB
13 9 (0.98%) Data Lake
13 9 (0.98%) GIS
14 7 (0.76%) RDBMS
15 6 (0.65%) MySQL
15 6 (0.65%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 124 (13.52%) Git
2 51 (5.56%) TeamCity
3 50 (5.45%) SpecFlow
4 46 (5.02%) Visual Studio
5 39 (4.25%) Selenium
6 26 (2.84%) Jenkins
7 23 (2.51%) Cucumber
7 23 (2.51%) NUnit
8 21 (2.29%) WebDriver
9 19 (2.07%) Postman
10 17 (1.85%) Moq
11 15 (1.64%) JIRA
12 11 (1.20%) JUnit
12 11 (1.20%) REST Assured
12 11 (1.20%) SoapUI
13 10 (1.09%) Appium
13 10 (1.09%) eggPlant
13 10 (1.09%) Octopus Deploy
13 10 (1.09%) SOAtest
13 10 (1.09%) TestNG
General
1 218 (23.77%) Finance
2 149 (16.25%) Social Skills
3 98 (10.69%) Front Office
4 86 (9.38%) Banking
5 84 (9.16%) Public Sector
6 58 (6.32%) Back Office
7 48 (5.23%) Analytical Skills
7 48 (5.23%) Investment Banking
8 28 (3.05%) Local Government
9 14 (1.53%) Marketing
10 11 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (1.20%) Retail
11 10 (1.09%) Financial Institution
12 9 (0.98%) Manufacturing
13 8 (0.87%) Law
13 8 (0.87%) Telecoms
14 7 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (0.76%) Electronics
14 7 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.44%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 559 (60.96%) Developer
2 246 (26.83%) .NET Developer
3 193 (21.05%) C# Developer
4 186 (20.28%) Senior
5 125 (13.63%) Senior Developer
6 101 (11.01%) Software Engineer
7 88 (9.60%) Full Stack Developer
8 87 (9.49%) C# .NET Developer
9 69 (7.52%) Lead
10 68 (7.42%) Azure Developer
11 63 (6.87%) Software Developer
12 57 (6.22%) Architect
13 49 (5.34%) .NET Software Engineer
14 42 (4.58%) Backend Developer
15 38 (4.14%) .NET Software Developer
15 38 (4.14%) Azure Engineer
15 38 (4.14%) Senior Software Developer
16 36 (3.93%) Full Stack .NET Developer
17 35 (3.82%) DevOps Engineer
18 31 (3.38%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 245 (26.72%) .NET Core
2 185 (20.17%) .NET Framework
3 159 (17.34%) React
4 145 (15.81%) ASP.NET
5 134 (14.61%) AngularJS
6 109 (11.89%) XML
7 88 (9.60%) HTML
8 82 (8.94%) CSS
9 68 (7.42%) REST
10 51 (5.56%) ASP.NET Core
10 51 (5.56%) WCF
11 46 (5.02%) Web Services
12 41 (4.47%) Entity Framework
13 36 (3.93%) RESTful
14 34 (3.71%) Redux
15 33 (3.60%) Kafka
16 32 (3.49%) ASP.NET Web API
16 32 (3.49%) Blazor
16 32 (3.49%) WinForms
16 32 (3.49%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 63 (6.87%) Product Ownership
2 45 (4.91%) Derivative
3 44 (4.80%) Fixed Income
4 41 (4.47%) Hedge funds
5 39 (4.25%) Equities
6 35 (3.82%) Greenfield Project
7 33 (3.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 24 (2.62%) Cloud Native
9 16 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.31%) Market Risk
12 11 (1.20%) Algorithms
12 11 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (1.20%) Onboarding
13 8 (0.87%) Mobile App
14 7 (0.76%) Data Structures
14 7 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
14 7 (0.76%) NHS
14 7 (0.76%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 88 (9.60%) Windows
2 25 (2.73%) Linux
3 22 (2.40%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.44%) Android
5 3 (0.33%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.22%) VMS
7 1 (0.11%) Unix
7 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (40.35%) DevOps
2 352 (38.39%) Agile
3 191 (20.83%) CI/CD
4 181 (19.74%) Software Engineering
5 161 (17.56%) TDD
6 137 (14.94%) Full Stack Development
7 134 (14.61%) Scrum
8 116 (12.65%) Microservices
9 106 (11.56%) OO
10 97 (10.58%) Test Automation
11 74 (8.07%) Problem-Solving
12 73 (7.96%) B2C
13 70 (7.63%) API Management
14 64 (6.98%) SDLC
15 63 (6.87%) Continuous Integration
15 63 (6.87%) Migration
15 63 (6.87%) MVC
16 54 (5.89%) Clean Code
16 54 (5.89%) OOD
17 53 (5.78%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 739 (80.59%) C#
2 357 (38.93%) SQL
3 199 (21.70%) JavaScript
4 169 (18.43%) PowerShell
5 97 (10.58%) TypeScript
6 90 (9.81%) Bicep
7 86 (9.38%) Java
8 76 (8.29%) Python
9 63 (6.87%) T-SQL
10 61 (6.65%) PL/SQL
11 44 (4.80%) C++
12 37 (4.03%) VBA
13 30 (3.27%) VB.NET
14 28 (3.05%) VB
15 13 (1.42%) Go
16 12 (1.31%) Ruby
17 10 (1.09%) Bash
17 10 (1.09%) PHP
18 6 (0.65%) C
19 5 (0.55%) Perl
Qualifications
1 70 (7.63%) Degree
2 38 (4.14%) Security Cleared
3 29 (3.16%) SC Cleared
4 23 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (0.87%) Master's Degree
6 6 (0.65%) AWS Certification
6 6 (0.65%) Azure Certification
7 5 (0.55%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.44%) CISSP
9 3 (0.33%) CISA
9 3 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.33%) CISM
10 2 (0.22%) CCNP
10 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.11%) CBAP
11 1 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.11%) SANS
11 1 (0.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (7.20%) QA
2 31 (3.38%) Accessibility
3 23 (2.51%) WCAG
4 11 (1.20%) MiFID
5 8 (0.87%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.65%) EMIR
7 5 (0.55%) Dodd-Frank
8 4 (0.44%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.11%) DICOM
10 1 (0.11%) GDPR
10 1 (0.11%) GRC
10 1 (0.11%) HL7
10 1 (0.11%) ISO 15022
10 1 (0.11%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 121 (13.20%) Active Directory
2 62 (6.76%) Docker
3 5 (0.55%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.44%) NFS
5 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.22%) vSphere
6 1 (0.11%) Firmware
6 1 (0.11%) GridGain
6 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.11%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 67 (7.31%) Kubernetes
2 36 (3.93%) Terraform
3 15 (1.64%) Ansible
4 10 (1.09%) ITRS Geneos
4 10 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.98%) BladeLogic
6 3 (0.33%) Grafana
6 3 (0.33%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.33%) SCOM
7 2 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.22%) SCCM
7 2 (0.22%) SCOrch
8 1 (0.11%) Kibana
8 1 (0.11%) logstash
8 1 (0.11%) Packer
8 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.11%) VxRail
Vendors
1 251 (27.37%) Microsoft
2 108 (11.78%) Oracle
3 28 (3.05%) Citrix
4 19 (2.07%) SAP
5 18 (1.96%) OpenLink
6 16 (1.74%) Databricks
7 15 (1.64%) MuleSoft
8 11 (1.20%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.09%) TIBCO
10 9 (0.98%) Altiris
10 9 (0.98%) Dynatrace
11 7 (0.76%) Virgin Media
12 6 (0.65%) Google
12 6 (0.65%) NEC
13 5 (0.55%) SimCorp
14 4 (0.44%) Automation Anywhere
14 4 (0.44%) Blue Prism
14 4 (0.44%) Cisco
14 4 (0.44%) Optimizely
14 4 (0.44%) UiPath